Paintbrush holder



July 13, 1948." s. KUB IAK PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Filed April 26, 1945 1 0 44 7.. T/ v/ U & M O v H 7 W w; T N 2 m A 5 terial.

Patented July 13, 1948 U-NI TED omce PAINTBRUSH HGLDER Stanley Kubiak,Bayonne, Neil.

Applic'ationApril'26, 1945, Serial No. 596,410

28 Claims. (01. 206-151) :My invention-concerns improvements in theart'of maintaining paint brushes and the like iii-proper serviceablecondition for effective "use and has for one ofits objects the provision.of-a IIOVEIiCOIlStI'HC JlOI'J. and arrangement whereby paint brushes,'afteruseymay be cleaned, stored and maintainedi'n :anweconomical andefficient manner. so as Ito "prolong'the life of said brushes andwhichatthe tsameti-me shall be so designed thatit may be adapted forreclaimingioil "and paint materials from the brushes.

"Another object :of 'my invention is to provide a.paintH-brushwdevice-'oikthe character described which shall-compriserelatively few and simple parts, which shall :be relatively inexpensiveto "Fig.7? is "a cross sectional view taken substantially :along the"line 2-2 ofFig. 1;

F ig.':3';is a cross-sectional view taken substantiallyalong ithe=1inel3+3 of Fig. l;

Fig. -44 .is a :cross sectional view taken substantiallyzalo'ng the line4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5- :is :an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantiallyalong-the -l'ine 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring now inidetaileto the drawings I have illustrated :a'paint'ibrush device constructed and arranged"in'iacc'ordance with myinvention and comprising a container lil, open at the top which may takethe form *of *a'pai-La'paint can or other similarsuitable receptacle forholding paint ma- Disposed within the pail W is an annular platformsupporting member A I which may be made of any suitable relatively rigidmaterial of the nature of metal or the like and which-is of smallerdiameter than that of the said "pail I!) and of a predetermined height.

The member H restsifreely on the bottom wall 19a of the pail Hi and isadapted to support on the :top .rim thereof a screen member l5 of anysuitable material unaffected "by -:the paint materials and of anydesired mesh for the purposes intended. The diameter of the screenmember i5 is substantially equal to that of the inside diameter of thepail Ii].

In accordance with my invention paint brushes which have been used on apainting job may be placed in the pail W with the bristle portions 2thereof-resting on the screen I5. ,In thisfway the dripping'sQfrom thebrushwill fall through the screen to the bdttomrof' the bail. Theheightsof the member H is such that the bristles of the brushes will notYbe permitted to rest in 1a po'ollofsediment resulting from the drainagefrom the brushes. When a supply of brush cleaningIsolu tion, such-as forexample, turpentine, is placed in t'he pail-lfl there willbeformedasedirnent of p-aint'at the bottom of the pail whichfmay bereclaimed and usedagain.

In order that the annular member I Ishallndt form a barrier for the freedistribution-oi flow of the turpentine or paint drippings, 'I providea-series of concaved areas l lb extending upwardly f romithe bottom edge.of the said mem ber "I I, as clearly shown in Fi 1 .of. the drawings.

sinceras above describe the paint drippings from the brushes collect atthe bottom of the pailv it, itise'vident that thejbottorn. edge of. thesupporting member H may become caked to the bottomflof the pail. Tobreak the encrusted hold of thescreen support H on the pail IO, so'thatthe saidgsupport, l l screen lfi and pail 'l-fl maybe cleaned,II'providethe "following device.

The annularm'ember H may be formed'from a flat strip of material and'berrt'in the form'oi a ring with the opposite edges terminating a pairor fiangesiii extending outwardly to substantialiyreach the wall of thepail,as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Pivot'a-lly mountedat thel'owerend thereof between the flanges 20 by means of the pivot 22is-a'vertically disp o'sed lia'ndie member 21 terminating in a handgripping portion "21a "projecting above the top of the The portion ofthe handle 24b adjacent-the bottom end 'thereofis forwardly (rammedandis adaptedto restupon-the bottoinwall Ma of -the pail Iii.

A spring 25 having one end thereof attached t'ojthe handle portion 21,?)and the opposite end fixed to the supporting member H normally urges thero tation'of the saidhandle 21 in a clockwise direction as viewed inFig. 1 to dispose the-said handlei l out ofthe wayand p a ainst the w llof thepail m. h g

The screenninember I15 is provided with a notched portion 126 fextending inwardly from the periphery thereof "to accommodate'tliepassage of the handle therethrough and to permit pivotal novement of thehandle as will presently be explained. To prevent undesired tilting ordisplacement of the screen l5 the same may be anchored to the support IIin any desired well known manner, such as, for example, the screws 36passing through openings 3| in the screen l5 and threadedly received inthe supporting member I I (see Fig. 5).

It is thus seen from the above described construction that should thesupporting member H become caked to the bottom of the pail, it is merelynecessary to grasp the handle portion 2 la and pivotally pull the samein a counterclockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 1). This will causethe cam portion 2Ib of the handle to push against the bottom wall [a ofthe pail to cause the supporting member IE to break away and freeitself. It is noted that the notched or concaved areas III) will reducethe amount of surface contact between the support l5 and the bottom wallIlia and thus facilitate the freeing of the support l5.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have hereindescribed the principle and operation of my invention, together withconstruction which I now consider to represent the best embodimentthereof, but I desire to have it understood that the structure shown isonly illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by othermeans. Also, while it is designed to use the various features andelements in the combination and relations described, some of those maybe altered and others omitted without interfering with the more generalresults outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

Having described m invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A paint brush device of the class described, comprising a containerhaving bottom and side walls, a screen member in said container disposeda predetermined distance from said bottom wall and adapted to have paintbrushes rest thereupon, a support for said screen member, said supportnormally resting freely on said bottom wall a handle member, and meansincluding a pivot shaft for rotatably mounting said handle on saidsupport, said handle member comprising a portion above said pivot shaftextending upwardly of said container and a cammed portion below saidpivot shaft adjacent to and adapted to contactively engage said bottomwall, the distance between said pivot shaft and said bottom wall beingless than the distance between said pivot shaft and said cammed portionwhereby upon pivotal movement of said handle in one direction about saidpivot shaft, said cammed portion will contactively abut said bottom wallto cause said support to belifted from said bottom wall, for thepurposes set forth.

2. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which said support forsaid screen member comprises a rigid member of smaller size than saidcontainer so as to be spaced from said side wall thereof.

3. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which means are providedfor normally maintaining said handle member in ineffective position.

4. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which means including aspring are provided for normally maintaining said handle member inineffective position, said spring interconnecting said handle memberwith said support.

5. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which the bottom edge ofsaid support is notched to greatly reduce the area of direct contactwith said bottom wall.

6. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which th said support isformed from a flat strip of material bent in the shape of a ring withthe opposite edges terminating in a pair of flanges extending outwardlyfrom said ring and in which the said handle member is pivotally mountedbetween said flanges.

'7. A paint brush device according to claim 1, in which means areprovided for maintaining said screen in fixed attachment with saidsupport whereby said support, said screen member and said handle membermay be removed from said container as a unit.

8. A paint brush device of the class described, comprising a containerhaving bottom and side walls, a screen member in said container disposeda predetermined distance from said bottom wall and adapted to have paintbrushes rest thereupon, a support for said screen member, said sup portbeing formed from a flat strip of rigid material bent into the shape ofa ring with the opposite edges terminating in a pair of flangesextending outwardly from said ring, said ring being smaller in diameterthan said container so as to be spaced from said side wall, said supporthaving its bottom edge notched to greatly reduce the area of directcontact with said bottom wall, said support being adapted to normallyrest freely upon said. bottom wall, a handle member, means including apivot shaft for rotatably mounting said handle on said support betweensaid flanges, said handle member comprising a portion above said pivotshaft extending upwardly of said container and a cammed portion belowsaid pivot shaft adjacent to and adapted to contactively engage saidbottom wall, the distance between said pivot shaft and said bottom wallbeing less than the distance between said pivot shaft and said cammedportion whereby upon pivotal movement of said handle said cammed portionwill contactively abut said bottom wall to cause said support to belifted from said bottom wall for the purposes set forth, meanscomprising a spring interconnected between said support and said handlemember for normally maintaining said handle member in ineffectiveposition, and means for maintaining said screen in fixed attachment tosaid support whereby said support, said screen and said handle membermay be removed from said container as a unit.

STANLEY KUBIAK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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